ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
IanA2 said:
Fair points. When I'm thinking about food, I tend to think of the ingredients in a dish as constituent lines and colours of a painting. Some ingredients conjure up the works of Vermeer, others Van Gogh and some Jackson b
ks, if you see what I mean.
Crumbs. I've never really thought about it like that. So long as it tastes nice in the end, that'll do me.ks, if you see what I mean.Anyway, are you sure you're in the right thread? We're talking about stuff that does the biz for minimal outlay. I'm not sure van Gogh and Vermeer come in to it.
ElectricSoup said:
IanA2 said:
Fair points. When I'm thinking about food, I tend to think of the ingredients in a dish as constituent lines and colours of a painting. Some ingredients conjure up the works of Vermeer, others Van Gogh and some Jackson bks, if you see what I mean.
Crumbs. I've never really thought about it like that. So long as it tastes nice in the end, that'll do me.ks, if you see what I mean.Anyway, are you sure you're in the right thread? We're talking about stuff that does the biz for minimal outlay. I'm not sure van Gogh and Vermeer come in to it.
Pastel de Nata... name gives it away, its Portuguese. That aside, interesting if you really do interpret or even think of flavours as colours or shapes. You may or may not be aware of synesthtic eating or synesthesia, if not have a read up. I recently met someone who interprets flavours completely differently to the majority of people.
Back on track though, the Cotes du Rhone Villages at £4.99 (reduced) is cracking value.
Back on track though, the Cotes du Rhone Villages at £4.99 (reduced) is cracking value.
21TonyK said:
Pastel de Nata... name gives it away, its Portuguese. That aside, interesting if you really do interpret or even think of flavours as colours or shapes. You may or may not be aware of synesthtic eating or synesthesia, if not have a read up. I recently met someone who interprets flavours completely differently to the majority of people.
Back on track though, the Cotes du Rhone Villages at £4.99 (reduced) is cracking value.
Yup Macau Portuguese. Back on track though, the Cotes du Rhone Villages at £4.99 (reduced) is cracking value.
I reference them to Macau as that's the first tart I tasted and compare them currently to Lidl's offering. But of course you're right, they were originally a leftover confection by Portuguese Monks.
Yes I know about synesthesia, it's very interesting.
I particularly like the Aldi Exquisite range, we've had some real corkers.
Edited by IanA2 on Monday 30th September 14:06
Edited by IanA2 on Monday 30th September 14:07
Mobile Chicane said:
One not to bother with: Lidl 30 month aged Parmesan.
Rank.
Waitrose hereafter. It was suspiciously cheap at <£3 a wedge, whereas the Waitrose version is £5.99.
Disagree, it’s far from rank. it’s tangy, sharp and fairly pungent. Perhaps we look for different things in a Parmesan.Rank.
Waitrose hereafter. It was suspiciously cheap at <£3 a wedge, whereas the Waitrose version is £5.99.
HarryW said:
Mobile Chicane said:
One not to bother with: Lidl 30 month aged Parmesan.
Rank.
Waitrose hereafter. It was suspiciously cheap at <£3 a wedge, whereas the Waitrose version is £5.99.
Disagree, it’s far from rank. it’s tangy, sharp and fairly pungent. Perhaps we look for different things in a Parmesan.Rank.
Waitrose hereafter. It was suspiciously cheap at <£3 a wedge, whereas the Waitrose version is £5.99.
IanA2 said:
For example, have you tried Lidl's Pastel de Nata? It's a custard tart which has its roots in Macau. We used to get really nice Pastel de Nata from Chinatown for a pound each. They were excellent. Lidl do them now, even better, but for 49 pence.
Oh dear.I nipped to Aldi for something last night - Lidl is opposite, but I've only every been in there once or twice. Last night, I decided to go in just to see if these were really any good.
I bought 4, and figured they'd last a few days. Two went yesterday evening, and I really had to force myself not to eat the other two! I've had the "real" thing from Portugal, and these are just as good - crispy flaky pastry, and gorgeous filling. They are a very bad discovery!
(On a different note, the shopping experience at Aldi was much better than Lidl. Aldi had 2 tills open when I went to pay - there was somebody with a massive trolley full at one, so I joined the other one - about 4 of us queuing with baskets, and almost immediately a third till was opened. At Lidl, a single till was open with a big queue - they did at least open a second one before I got to the front, but even so it was pretty rubbish).
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